Julien Volper Autour Des Songye - Under the influence of the Songye

Label / Gourcuff Gradenigo
Category / Photography, Folklore, Ethnography
Code / ISBN 978-2-35340-139-0

Africa's contribution to the art of the mask is as well known as the diversity of its productions. While certain types of works, such as the Luba round stripe masks, are well-known to the general public, there is a host of masks that look unusual and far less well-known. From the prestigious collection of the museum of Tervuren, in Belgium (Royal Museum of Central Africa), the author is interested in the masked masks and round masks with streaks "Songye Tempa". He tries to link them to cultic practices by relating them to dance or ritual costumes. A specific formal and stylistic analysis allows to enrich the knowledge of these

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